You can manage non-OpenStack volumes on the Cinder hosts in your deployment. Managing a volume makes it usable in your OpenStack deployment.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Integrated OpenStack dashboard as a cloud administrator.
  2. Select the admin project from the drop-down menu in the title bar.
  3. Select Admin > Volume > Volumes.
  4. Click Manage Volume and enter the desired configuration.
    Option Description

    Identifier

    Enter the name or identifier for the source volume.

    Note: To migrate a volume from the VMDK back end to the FCD back end, enter the ID of the existing VMDK volume.

    Identifier Type

    Select Name or ID.

    Note: To migrate a volume from the VMDK back end to the FCD back end, select ID.

    Host

    Enter the Cinder host that contains the existing volume. Use the following format: host:backend-name@pool.

    Volume Name

    Enter a name for the volume.

    Description

    Enter a description of the volume.

    Metadata

    Enter metadata as key-value pairs. For example, img_config_drive=mandatory.

    Volume Type

    Select a volume type for the volume.

    Availability Zone

    Select an availability zone in which to place the volume.

    Bootable

    Select the checkbox to allow instances to boot from the volume.
  5. Click Manage.

Results

The specified volume is managed by Cinder and visible in OpenStack.